Travel

One of the first things that I like to do when we arrive in Pensacola, Florida, after greeting our handsome son and his adorable wife of course, is to head down to the waterfront to Joe Patti’s for some fresh seafood.

Several times a year, we cross the border from Canada into the United States. Once again, this past weekend, we took advantage of the opportunity to extend our summer and drove south to the Gulf of Mexico to visit a couple of our kids. We’ve become accustomed to remembering a few things when we cross, so I thought it might be helpful if I pass them along to you.

Meaford, ON, is a quiet little harbour town just a short drive from our Hideaway. We visit almost every time we go up. One of Charlie’s favourite places to swim is at the Meaford harbours on the Georgian Bay side.

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For years, Charlie and I have been driving by the Grey Roots Museum & Archives south of Owen Sound, ON, thinking we must visit sometime. Well, we finally did. Grey Roots preserves and promotes the cultural and heritage traditions of Grey County, where our Hideaway is located.

Charlie and I celebrated our 38th wedding anniversary this weekend. Yes, we’ve been married for 38 years! It sounds like such a very big number! It has been a wonderful 38 years. It certainly doesn’t seem like that long. To what do we attribute the success of our marriage?

On our last evening in Columbia, we took the family to Huhot’s. Huhot Mongolian Grill has a chain of restaurants throughout the central United States. The restaurant is set up like a buffet in that you pick up your choice of food. Then it is cooked in front of you on the grill. I was quite concerned about gluten contamination from the grill. In reality, I should probably be as concerned in most restaurants; I just can’t see it happening there. The buffet has all sorts of raw vegetables, thinly sliced meats, cooked noodles (including rice noodles), and sauces. You pile whatever appeals to you into a bowl and carry it to the grill. With everyone waiting in order, the cooks grill your food in front of you. I noticed that they did give the grill a quick cleaning between orders. So I came up to them with my bowl of gluten-free choices, their big paper on allergy information, and gluten-free “recipe cards” in hand. I said that I was glad to see that they were cleaning the grill between people because I was concerned about gluten contamination. Well, that fellow jumped into action! He got out extra scrub brushes, another cleaner, and got a good workout scrubbing down that grill! I’m sure it was as clean as I get my cast iron pan or barbecue (grill) at home. While he was cooking my food, he also place a long lifter on its edge on each side of his workspace to keep food from others from flying in. I also noticed that anything that got too far away with his chopping and stirring was discarded. Needless to say, I was quite pleased with my dining experience at Huhot’s, and I didn’t suffer from any gluten-contamination reaction afterwards.

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